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SugarCRM has launched an SDK for the mobile version of its popular CRM product. The mobile SDK offers a similar developer experience to the desktop SDK version. With the SDK, users can create custom experiences that integrate with existing apps, workflows, and business tools.

DropBuddies, the Postmates of Nigeria, launched an API that allows local businesses to include courier services directly within their apps. Without leaving the integrated business' app, users get a delivery quote, ETA, and book a delivery. Once booked, users can track shipments through delivery.

Dexcom, a continuous glucose monitoring solution provider, has launched an API that grants access to continuous glucose monitoring data. Use of such data is completely at the discretion of the user, on an app by app basis. The goal is to give users options to interact with glucose data.

OAuth Newbies can find it tricky initially. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to get started with OAuth 2.0 while avoiding all the fiddly parts around handling tokens. The folks over at Insomnia will show you how to authenticate an API client for the GitHub API with OAuth 2.0 and the Insomnia app.

Thirteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories such as Payments, Games, Printing and Domains. Featured today is a payment API from Agile Payments and an API for integrating with Igloo workplace collaborative software. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.

Although Igloo already promoted a number of automated integrations with popular apps like Dropbox, box, G Suite, and others; Igloo stopped short of completely opening its digital workplace framework to the entire developer community. That has now changed, along with full support.

On the heels of major industry fallout over Facebook's license to use React, the company is now embroiled in another legal controversy that puts any implementation of GraphQL (also a Facebook technology) at risk of patent infringement. Accordingly, it may be wise to halt any GraphQL work.

The telecom API market enjoyed significant growth over the last five years. That growth is expected to continue for the next five years, but the opportunities and technologies driving the growth moving forward are significantly different than those that have driven the market to its current state.

Today, third party developers are using EHR management APIs to meet the unique needs of customers. They are using rapid application development techniques to create custom client applications that leverage the power of these APIs. drchrono is becoming the API of choice for many of these developers.

The W3C Web Payments Working Group announced that the Payment Request API is now being implemented in all major browsers including Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and WebKit. The Group also announced that the Payment Request API and Payment Method Identifiers have advanced to Candidate Recommendation Status.